 Published as "A Beautiful Thought ... we clip from an exchange paper" in Universalist Union (16 March 1844) this is often quoted as an advertisement originally written by Mann, attributed to him in Getting on in the World (1874) by William Mathews, p. 268; and most publications since that date, and sometimes titled "Lost, Two Golden Hours". Variants: Lost,Two golden hours:Each with a set ofSixty diamond minutes!No rewardIs offered, for they are .Lost for ever!Published as "Loss of Time" in The Church of England Magazine (28 June 1856) without any crediting of authorship.

 Young Bevil, in Night Thoughts, quoted in James Plumptre Four discourses on subjects relating to the amusement of the stage: preached, Printed by F. Hodson, for F. C. and J. Rivington; sold by J. Hatchard, London, 1809, p.198

 Richard Burton, in Olivia St. Claire Sex Devotional: 365 Days of Passion, Positions, and Pure Pleasure, Adams Media, 18 November 2009, p.309 The diamond weighing 69.4 carats was gifted to Elizbeth Tylor on her fortieth birth day, which she later sold, after her divorce, for $5 million to fund a hospital in Botswana.